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Dr Willem Jacobus Viljoen, teacher and linguist, is born in Richmond, Cape Colony.

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John Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town.

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Francis William Reitz, president of the Orange Free State, is born in Swellendam, Cape Colony.

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Cornelis F. Bezuidenhout, frontier farmer, is summoned to appear in court in Graaff-Reinet on charges laid by a certain Booi. H

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A 603-carat diamond, the biggest found in thirteen years and the 15th largest in the world, goes on sale in Antwerp, the Nether

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Start of World Space Week. (4-10 Oct.)

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Thousands of people gather in Kibera, Nairobi, Africa’s biggest informal settlement, for the global celebration of World Habita

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All Africa Games open in Abuja.

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Congo President Laurent Kabila orders a $20 million, 267-carat diamond returned to local businessman, Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji, w

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President Thabo Mbeki pays a working visit to Senegal.

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Sir de Villiers Graaff (86), former leader of the United Party, dies.

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The death toll reaches at least 100 in Algeria after a two-day surge of massacres attributed to the Armed Islamic Group.

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Shahid Afridi, sixteen-year-old soccer player of Pakistan, scores the fastest one hundred in one day cricket from just 37 balls

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Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for

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Identification Amendment Act No 47, amending the 1986 Identification Act so as to repeal certain obsolete provisions, and order

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US President Bill Clinton welcomes South African President Nelson Mandela to the White House.

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The European Community lifts all trade sanctions against South Africa.

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The Mozambique government and RENAMO rebel leaders sign an historic peace accord, and a cease-fire to end the sixteen-year civi

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The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, to which SA is a party, is signed in Madrid.

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Political assassination: Selby Ngedane, PAC member, is gunned down outside his home in Umtata.

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Natal Supreme Court judge Justice J. Didcott attacks the government for usurping the powers of the judiciary.

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CUSA/ZACTU merger to form NACTU.

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Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe, Northern Sotho novelist and poet and twice awarded the S.E. Mqhayi Prize by the Suid-Afrik

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The US calls on Egypt and Israel to work out an interim agreement on reopening the Suez Canal as the first step toward resolvin

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Chief Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, warns that violent confrontation between Blacks and Whites will be an inevita

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Lesotho, formerly the British colony of Basutoland, achieves its independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho and becomes a member of

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Three coaches of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing eighty-one.

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Gambia achieves full internal self-government.

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Separate elections for the four Cape Coloured representative seats are held. They are won by Independents with the United Party

This day in history

Ronny Belcher, SA actor and singer, is born.

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Dr Willem Jacobus Viljoen, teacher and linguist, is born in Richmond, Cape Colony.

John Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town.

Francis William Reitz, president of the Orange Free State, is born in Swellendam, Cape Colony.

Cornelis F. Bezuidenhout, frontier farmer, is summoned to appear in court in Graaff-Reinet on charges laid by a certain Booi. H

A 603-carat diamond, the biggest found in thirteen years and the 15th largest in the world, goes on sale in Antwerp, the Nether

Start of World Space Week. (4-10 Oct.)

Thousands of people gather in Kibera, Nairobi, Africa’s biggest informal settlement, for the global celebration of World Habita

All Africa Games open in Abuja.

Congo President Laurent Kabila orders a $20 million, 267-carat diamond returned to local businessman, Alphonse Ngoyi Kasanji, w

President Thabo Mbeki pays a working visit to Senegal.

Sir de Villiers Graaff (86), former leader of the United Party, dies.

The death toll reaches at least 100 in Algeria after a two-day surge of massacres attributed to the Armed Islamic Group.

Shahid Afridi, sixteen-year-old soccer player of Pakistan, scores the fastest one hundred in one day cricket from just 37 balls

Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player and lawyer who was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off for

Identification Amendment Act No 47, amending the 1986 Identification Act so as to repeal certain obsolete provisions, and order

US President Bill Clinton welcomes South African President Nelson Mandela to the White House.

The European Community lifts all trade sanctions against South Africa.

The Mozambique government and RENAMO rebel leaders sign an historic peace accord, and a cease-fire to end the sixteen-year civi

The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, to which SA is a party, is signed in Madrid.

Political assassination: Selby Ngedane, PAC member, is gunned down outside his home in Umtata.

Natal Supreme Court judge Justice J. Didcott attacks the government for usurping the powers of the judiciary.

CUSA/ZACTU merger to form NACTU.

Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe, Northern Sotho novelist and poet and twice awarded the S.E. Mqhayi Prize by the Suid-Afrik

The US calls on Egypt and Israel to work out an interim agreement on reopening the Suez Canal as the first step toward resolvin

Chief Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, warns that violent confrontation between Blacks and Whites will be an inevita

Lesotho, formerly the British colony of Basutoland, achieves its independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho and becomes a member of

Three coaches of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing eighty-one.

Gambia achieves full internal self-government.

Separate elections for the four Cape Coloured representative seats are held. They are won by Independents with the United Party

Ronny Belcher, SA actor and singer, is born.